Estonian top-tier club secures signing Gambian striker

Estonian
Meistriliiga side Paide Linnameeskond have signed Gambian striker Alassana
Jatta after a successful trial spell.

The
19-year-old has been training with the club, dubbed the Estonian Barcelona and
along scoring four goals in a friendly
win over FC Flora’s U21s,which impressed
the club’s coaching staff.

He
now joins Coach Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko’s led-side on a two-year loan deal from
local club Real de Banjul.

Speaking
in an interview, Alassana said, he is happy
joining the team. Thanking his agent, the management and coaching staff
for giving him such an opportunity to be part of the team. “Since I came here
[on trial], I have always wanted to stay and be given an opportunity to help
the team because I feel it’s a team that continues to develop and plays the
best football in Estonia which suits me,
said the teenageer from his base in Paide, the capital of Järva County.

He
added: “I honestly cannot wait to repay the faith the Club has in me by
bringing me here and offering me my first professional contract. I am grateful to my agent for this chance as
well!”

“I
cannot wait to get on the pitch, put on the jersey of the Club and help the
team achieve its desired results, objectives and bringing a smile to the faces
of our supporters.”

The
club’s CEO Jaanus Pruuli welcomed the addition of the 1.92m tall striker whom
he said, they have high hopes on for the upcoming season.

Alassana
is our first signing from the Gambia and our club has very high hopes in his
future, since his first training session. He has impressed us with his quality,
matureness and professional attitude said Jaanus Pruuli.

He
added that: “Despite his young age, he has shown real eagerness to learn and
improve we are lucky to be the club
where he starts his professional career in Europe. I would like to thank his
agent Modou Lamin Beyai and the president of Real de Banjul Mr. William Abraham
for this deal and for trusting in our club’s philosophy of developing young
talented players.”

Alassana
Jatta’s move to Paide Linnameeskond,
have never been relegated from the Estonian top-tier league, was
brokered by Modoustic Sports PR.

He
becomes the third Gambian to sign for an Estonian club after Yankuba ‘Mal’
Ceesay, George Cole and Ebrima ‘SI’ Cham, who were all on the books of Nõmme
Kalju FC.